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Love Is The Message is the second album by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB.

Love Is The Message

Studio album by

MFSB

Released

1973

Recorded

1973

Studio

Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Genre

Soul
disco
Philadelphia soul

Length

35:06

Label

PIR

Producer

Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Vince Montana, Bruce Hawes, Jack Faith

MFSB chronology

MFSB
(1973)

Love Is The Message
(1973)

Universal Love
(1975)

Singles from Natural High

"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"
Released: February 6, 1974
"Love Is the Message"
Released: June 7, 1974

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Includes the number one pop, R&B and adult contemporary hit and winner of the 1974 Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)". The song was the theme song for the television show Soul Train.

Late 1970's resurgence

In the transition period between Disco and the up-and-coming Rap movement, the title track, Love Is The Message became a staple at house and block party events in the summers of 1978 and 1979. That track later became the basis for the last Salsoul Orchestra single "Ohh, I Love It (Love Break)", released in 1983.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Zack's Fanfare"	Burton Lane, Frank Loesser	0:23
2.	"Love Is the Message"	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff	6:35
3.	"Cheaper to Keep Her"	Mack Rice	6:52
4.	"My One and Only Love"	Guy Wood, Robert Mellin	4:34

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" (Theme from the television show Soul Train)	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff	3:43
6.	"Zack's Fanfare (I Hear Music)"	Burton Lane, Frank Loesser	0:50
7.	"Touch Me in the Morning"	Michael Masser, Ron Miller	6:21
8.	"Bitter Sweet"	Bruce Hawes, Jack Faith	5:26

Personnel

MFSB

Bobby Eli, Norman Harris, Reggie Lucas, Roland Chambers, T.J. Tindall - guitar
Anthony Jackson, Ron Baker - bass
Leon Huff, Lenny Pakula, Eddie Green, Harold "Ivory" Williams - keyboards
Earl Young, Karl Chambers, Norman Farrington - drums
Larry Washington - percussion
Vincent Montana, Jr. - vibraphone
Zach Zachery, Tony Williams - saxophone
Don Renaldo and his Strings and Horns
The Three Degrees - vocals

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak [2]
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	55
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	4
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	1
U.S. Billboard Top Jazz LPs	4

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US [2]	US R&B [2]	US A/C [2]
1974	"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"	1	1	1
1974	"Love Is the Message"	85	42	—

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[4]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

Birchmeier, Jason. Love Is the Message review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
"US Charts > MFSB". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 183. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
"American album certifications – MFSB – Love Is the Message". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

Love Is the Message at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e MFSB
Bob Babbitt Ronnie Baker Thom Bell Bobby Eli Norman Harris Anthony Jackson Ron Kersey Reggie Lucas Vincent Montana Jr. T. J. Tindall Earl Young
Studio albums	MFSB (1973) Love is the Message (1973) Universal Love (1975) Philadelphia Freedom (1975) Summertime (1976) MFSB: The Gamble & Huff Orchestra (1978)
Singles	"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" "K-Jee"

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